"Open your eyes to a world of discovery"--Cover. Includes index.
Contents:
Title page -- Contents and prelims -- What's weather? -- Seasons -- Power of the Sun -- Clouds in the sky -- Cloud gallery -- Living in a cloud -- Rain, rain -- White skies -- Icy showers -- Dew and frost -- Blowing in the wind -- Electric skies -- Terrible twisters -- Deadly storms -- Tricks of the light -- All at sea -- Desert worlds -- Weird weather -- Weather forecasting -- Changing climates -- Harnessing weather -- Glossary -- Index and acknowledgements.
Summary:
Discusses the importance and causes of various kinds of weather, how it can change and be predicted, and how weather is different in different places.
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